Baggage-carrier.



M. E. DUNN & l. B. PERRY.

BAGGAGE CARRIER.

APPLICATION FILED AUG.23. 1915.

Patented Sept. 5, 19116.

MARY E. DUNN, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK,AND IDA B. PERRY,OF BOSTON, MASSA- CHUSETTS.

BAGGAGE-CABRIER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 5, 1916.

Application filed August 23, 1915. Serial No. 46,814.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, MARY E. DUNN and IDA B. PERRY, both citizens of the United States, and residents of Brooklyn, county of Kings, State of New York, and Boston,- county of Suffolk, State of Massachusetts, respectively, have invented an Improvement in Baggage-Carriers, of which the following description, in connection with the accompanying drawings, is a specification,1ike characters on the drawings representing like parts.

This invention relates to baggage carriers and its object is to provide a simple, convenient and inexpensive carrier that may be used for conveying a suit case or similar article along the sidewalk or elsewhere and that may also be used as a non-movable rest therefor, if desired.

In the drawings of an illustrative embodiment of one form of our invention Figure 1 is a side elevation, partly in section, of our carrier with a suit case thereon; Fig. 2, an edge elevation of the same; Fig. 3, a cross-sectional detail on an enlarged scale, on the line 3-3, Fig. 1, and Fig. 1, an end elevation of the handle on an enlarged scale.

Referring to Figs. 1, 3, our invention is shown as comprising a body or frame 1, of any suitable material, as metal, of convenient size and provided with rollers or wheels 2. The body 1, Fig. 2, is equipped with one or more baggage securing members as straps 3, adapted to be carried up and over the upper end of the piece of baggage to be conveyed. To receive the straps 3 we provide a handle 1, of suitable size, or it may have laterally extended strap receiving and positioning plates 5, 5, and to this handle the straps may be secured by any convenient means as buckles. The handle member 1 is preferabl extensible for the convenience of personso different heights. Thishandle, although extensible, should be sufficiently rigid to enable the carrier and its load to be pushed and conveniently guided thereby when it is used in extended position. To this end we have conceived the idea of providing the grip member 6 with a movable grip 7, see Figs. 2, 1, pivoted thereto. The grip 6 may be fixedly secured to the base 4 and the member 7 may be conveniently secured in an extensible relation thereto by hinging it at its upper edge thereon. The grip 7 may also be secured in closed pos1- tion by providing the member 6 with a clasp 8 to engage the grip 7 for holding it in closed position when not in use. a

The handle, as shown in full lines F. 1, w ll ordinarily be found at a convenient helght for use by a person of average height. It may be extended by simply turning the member 7 upward about its hinge connect on with the handle 6 to dotted line position, see Fig. 4:. As thus positioned it may be used with equal convenience for guiding and pushing the carrier. In case it is desired to provide'a firm and non-rotatable base for the carrier for any reason, or if it is desirable to conceal the wheels, so that the carrier may be taken into a railroad passen ger car where objection is sometimes raised to receiving wheeled vehicles, either object may be attained in an instant. For these purposes the body is provided with a ver'- tically slidable shield 9 closely fitting the same and held thereon in raised position, Fig. 1, by any convenient means, as springs 10, which may be readily formed by striking up relatively narrow portions of the material of theflange and bending them outwardly where they will engage the edge of the shield 9. Normally the shield 9 rests on the springs 10. By depressing the springs 10, the shield 9 may be lowered until its lower edge is below the bottom of the wheels and locked there by permitting the springs 10 to enter the slots 11 in the shield 9. In this manner the body may be quickly and easily changed from a baggage carrier to a fixed support therefor and again changed back again when desired.

Claims:

1. A baggage carrier comprising a body, wheels thereon, a baggage securing member on the body, and an extensible handle on the securing member.

2. A baggage carrier comprising a body, an adjustable base thereon, rotatable members for the body, a baggage securing member on the body, and an extensible handle on the securing member.

3. A baggage carrier comprising a body, rotatable members thereon, a baggage securing member on the body, an extensible handle on the securing member, and means to extend the body to raise the wheels from the ground.

4. A baggage carrier comprising a body, wheels. thereon, baggage securing members wheels thereon,

on the body, and an extensible handle therefor comprising two grip members hinged at adjacent edges. v

5. An extensible handle for suit cases and the like comprising a base, and a, plurality of relatively movable grip members secured thereto. v v

6. A baggage carrier comprising a body, baggage securing members on they body, and a handle on the securing member having a plurality of gripping members at difierent heights thereon.

7. A baggage carrier comprising a body, I

Wheels thereon, a baggage securing member on the front and rear ends of said body, and a handle having gripping members at different heights thereon.

In testimony whereof, we have signed our names to this specification, in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

MARY E. DUNN. IDA B. PERRY.

Witnesses: EVERETT S. EMERY,

ELIZABETH P. HmmARn'. 

